Demonstrators in in Terre Haute, Ind., gather to protest the execution of Lisa Montgomery on Jan. 12. She was put to death by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute soon after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a hold on her execution at 1:31 a.m. (EST). She was the first woman to be put to death in federal prison since 1953. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)
The federal death penalty will almost certainly be suspended under President Biden, and great strides have been made to reduce the use of the death penalty at the state level. But the work of putting an end to capital punishment is far from done, and recent events have pointed to the need for a conversion of U.S. culture from death and vengeance.
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In the middle of a pandemic, racial unrest and the most bitterly contested presidential election in memory, it s largely gone unnoticed. But for many liberals, it s just one more reason to loathe the Trump presidency.
In the last six months, the federal government began executing inmates on death row for the first time in 17 years. Since July, 10 convicted murderers have been executed. The last two Brandon Bernard and Alfred Bourgeois died on December 10 and 11, respectively were the subjects of unsuccessful campaigns (in Bernard s case, from both liberal anti-death penalty activists and some people close to President Trump) to delay or commute their sentences.
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Sister Prejean decries federal execution on Human Rights Day The sun sets on the Federal Corrections Complex in Terre Haute, Ind., May 22, 2019, where death-row inmate Brandon Bernard, who was 18 when he took part in a 1999 double murder in Texas, died by lethal injection Dec. 10 despite eleventh-hour attempts for court intervention. (CNS photo/Bryan Woolston, Reuters)
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select Sister Helen Prejean, a Sister of St. Joseph of Medaille, who has worked in prison ministry and against the death penalty for decades, is seen in this 2016 file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) WASHINGTON Calling the Dec. 10 federal execution of Brandon Bernard an injustice carried out by the country s criminal justice system, Sister Helen Prejean urged Americans to speak up to stop a series of upcoming executions in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
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